| 近 |
jìn dài | the not-very-distant past / modern times, excluding recent decades / (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919) / capitalist times (pre-1949) |
| 近 |
jìn | near / close to / approximately |
| 代 |
dài | to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute / generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon |